The Great War: 100 Years Ago

In a major loss observed by nearly a thousand passengers of the liner Olympic, the HMS Audacious is sunk by a naval mine laid by the minelayer Berlin. more »

On 27 October 1914, First Lord Churchill asked Prince Louis to resign as First Sea Lord.  The resignation was based on public opinion rather than a real issue of ability.  Churchill and Louis had made several choices that had proven crucial to the… more »

All Quiet on the Western Front is a novel by Erich Maria Remarque that would become one of the best selling and most enduring stories of the Great War published.  Remarque was a young German conscript into the Army who fought for the final year of the… more »

In middle August, 2014, despite comments from many people associated with government that the war would be over in months, Lord Kitchener - a war hero and soldier who was appointed to the civilian post of secretary of war, declared that the emergency… more »

A French pilot, after being frustrated that he was often flying within a kilometer of German planes on reconnaissance missions, decided to take a machine gun up with him to take shots at them.  This was the first true air to air engangement. more »